Comments for the name Marianne

Marianne was a character on "Gilligan's Island." She was played by Dawn Wells.

Marianne Dashwood is a character in Jane Austen's "Sense & Sensibility" (played by Kate Winslet in the film version from 1995).
"So long Marianne" is a song by Leornad Cohen.

Marianne was the name of my grandmother and I think it is a lovely name. She didn't like the "n" sound in it, but I think this is a name which simply rolls off your tongue. It's classy, elegant and timeless.

Marianne is the personification of the French republic; she is shown as a revolutionary woman with flowing hair and wearing the cap of liberty.

This is one of my absolute favourite girl's names. If I have a daughter, she's being called Marianne. (I prefer this spelling too, as it makes pronunciation very clear.)

British singer and songwriter, discovered by the Rolling Stones in the early 60s, Marianne Faithful possesses this beautiful name.

This is my name, and I think it's a pretty good name, even if nothing particularly exciting. The good things about this name are that it's international, and spell checkers accept it in many languages, at least in the ones I can speak, and it's one of those mature, sophisticated, classical names that don't sound ditzy or immature, so my name isn't going to be the reason if I get turned down for jobs. It simply seems to me that almost all the Mariannes I've run into here in Finland are obese middle-aged secretaries in boring schools or something, even though there are exceptions. I have yet to hear of anyone really cool with this name. I don't really like the way my name sounds in American English, as it sounds so old-fashioned and almost country-ish without the ditz factor.

My name is Marianne, and this is to respond to the one commet left from a Marianne in Finland. I am sorry that all the Marianne's you know are obese and work boring jobs. I live in the U.S.A. I am not obese and I have never worked a boring job. Right know I am a truck driver, operate heavy equipment, and lay underground pipe. I know a couple of other Marianne's and they are so called rebels like me that don't work conventional jobs and they also not obese. I really am sorry that you haven't met any cool ones. We are out there.

My name is Mary but I would never name a child just "Mary" by itself, so I looked at the variations and I loved this one, it's very old fashioned and sweet. ;)

Marion or Mary-Anne is easier to say.

I love this name. I know it's kinda old-fashioned, but I still love it. Marie and Anne are both beautiful names, so adding them together makes it even prettier.

It's also used in Sweden.

The German pronunciation is mah-ree-AH-nə. [noted -ed]

"C'mon Marianne" was the last Top 10 hit (at least until 1975) for Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in 1967.

Marianne Csaky is a Hungarian contemporary artist.

A gorgeous timeless name that's not at present much used in France yet not outmoded there either.